davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-16

ally diminishing volume. continued to
play Tor five months. when it finally
Isubsided, leaving its unfortunate owner
Gan american company well nigh ruined
BY the claims brought against it by
neighbors whose lands were destroyed
by the oil flood. One house, which
stood near the spring, now lies buried
beneath sand hill, which alone marks
the aite of this too prodigal fount.
Quite recently still mightier naphtha
flow suddenly commenced playing with
such ngor that number Of buildings
were sWamped. For some days it con
tinued altogether uncomfortable, ind
fears were entertained for the safety OF
the town Of Baku.
Now, however, mora appalling ter
ror has appeared in this region, where
there is SO enormous an amount Of In
dammable matter that one might well
dread the Hndling Of the most careful
II guarded flame.
On the night Of the 18th Of January
the inhabitants Of Baku were awakened
by . Violent shock which caused all the
windows to rattle, and suddenly the
duknsss Of the night was Illuminated
by IN intense light as though the city
wore aflame. It proved, however, TO be
the reflection Of : great FIRE at dis
lance; but no one dreamt that its local
ity lay within the earth. Nor was this
realized till the following night. when
the Same awful glare became visible; and
shortly bsfors midnight terrific explo-
MON was heard, inamsdi ately followed By
avast oolumn Of 1ams, apparently $50
fest In height which shot up from the
sumnk 6f NJ Lax Datan. eloso "a
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
The Endemic.

The news from Key West does not
seem to warrant excessive alarm. In
spite of unfavorable weather the disease
spreads slowly. An increase of a case
or two cases day in population so
large, If it were not yellow fever, would
not be regarded as terrifying. 1t is to
be regretted that DIR. Moreno's proposal
to prove by an autopsy that the disease
is not yellow fever but bilious fever
should not be accepted. 1t could do no
harm if he was shown to be wrong and
the good it would do is incalculable, if
he were proved to be right, If it is only
a bilious fever or malarial typhoid, or
whatever DIR. Moreno may think it To
be- then it is not yellow fever. This may
sound like a Bunsby opinion, but good
deal hangs ON that distinction. IL it is
not the dread scourge that is now afflict-
ing the city in the Gulf. there
is no reason for scare anywhere
in the United States, no reason
for quarantine, no reason for any of the
precautions now observed, except for in
dividual and collective cleanliness, such
as this climate always demands at this
time of the year.
However, there We're two cases yester-
day, and two deaths. More than half of
| those taken seem to recover. The dis
ease still attacks only the unacclimated.
Vigilant quarantine is observed at all
points where refugees are likely to land.
1t is almost impossible for any of
the steamers from Key West to bring
dangerous persons to the mainland.
| The patrol of revenue cutters proposed
by the Government would be an ex-
cellent thing in this connection. 1t
would be comforting to the timid to
know that Government vessels We're
guarding the coast from sailing vessels
containing those fleeing from the
scourge in Key West. 1t is proposed 10
add the duty to those now devOlving
upon that service and give the officers
authority in all cases where there is rea-
son to fear the introduction of any con-
tagious disease into the United States.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

New Orleans is dissatisfied with her
shell roads.
In the region around Leesburg and
about Ocala and in some other portions
of the State soft limestone is found
which packs into a hard and even road.
If such material could be mixed with
shells, it might make an admirable drive
free from dust and not breaking up
easily. To produce a road surface which
will not wear into ruts il almost an inn
possibility, and where it il effected the
road is open to more serious objections,
being generally so rigid as to injure
horses that travel over it much and so
smooth that they retain their footing
with difficulty. But where the mate
rial does not pack solidly or is too friable
there is the constant nuisance of dust to
make the road unpleasant
Anything, however, is better than the
loose sand which wears out horses or
pedestrians alike and makes rapid loco
motion impossible, A road of shells, if
that material is the most practicable,
would be received as an important addi-
ton to the comfort and pleasure of our
citizens, now so limited in their drives
and walks. III there is better material
not too costly Palatka would be glad to
have it, but if shells only-why then
shells let il be.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

The Legislature of New Hampshire
put premium on incendiarism, last
fall, by passing what is called the wal
ued policy act, an act providing that.
in case of loss by fire, the company
insuring shall pay the full face value of
the policy, regardless of what it may be
able to prove rs the actual amount of
the loss. All the agencies of foreign
companies We're at once withdrawn from
the State, and the local companies are
now calling for the repeal of the law
which has resulted in serious loss to
their business. The law is dishonest
one, and can result only in moral harm
to the State.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
THE ST. LOUIS RIVER FRONT.
The City Owes its Harbor to Gen. Lee
skill as an Engineer.

The City Owes its Harbor to Gen. Lees
skill an Engineer.
The curious pranks of the great river
that sweeps past this city have always
been viewed with suspicion and alarm
by the Government engineers and muni-
cipal authorities. When St Louis was
a small town the river made bold and
almost successful attempt TO cut new
channel three miles east of its present
course. The effect of this would have
been to leave the city high and dry,
and it is to the active intelligence and
engineering skill of Lieutenant r. f. Lee
that the city owes its present harbOr.
The Mississippi forms semi-circle
about st. Louis, and the territory thus
inclosed has a water frontage of fourteen
miles, says St. Louis correspondent in
the Nashville Union. The levee extends
from Carondelet on the south to the
water works on the north along the en-
tire water front of the city. Only about
five miles of it is improved, and this pOr-
ton is directly in front of the business
part of the city. The site of st. Louis
was originally a succession of natural
terraces, reaching back two miles from
the river Then the ground sloped
downward and was cut up by deep ra-
vines and covered with numerous ponds
The river front in the vicinity of the
present bridge was originally a high
bluff and the early inhabitants had moth
ing to fear from high water. This
bluff has been cut down for miles and its
base transformed into levee. The street
directly facing the water was called
Front street, but now. since its glory has
departed it is known as the Levee- The
improved portion of the st. Louis levee
is an inclined plane, paved with stone,
extending from the street level to the
water. The distance from the apex to
the water depends on the mood of the
river. The plane is paved fully 300 feet.
and the water Is in a very low stage
when the bed below the paving is ex-
posed As stated. this inclined plane ex-
| tends for nearly five miles in front of the
| business portion, and the improvements
cost s., OO0.O 900.
1t is on this levee that the remnant of
| the great river business that made the
| city is now transacted. River traffic
has now dwindled to about ten per cent.
of its ante bellum volume. The gold
| and glory in steamboating has vanished.
and now old river men spend most of
| their time describing the Augusran age
| of the steamboat on Western waters,
the period from 1S45 to 1860.
The first steamboat that arrived in st.
Louis was the Zebulon NJ Pike, in 1917.
| In 1913 the river trade had grown to
| such huge proportions that 1868 boats
arrived in the harbor. In 1853 more
steamboats, arrived in St. Louis than in
| New Orleans, Cincinnati and Pittsburg
| combined. The Missouri River trade
/ was then an item of vast importance,
| and there was a half dozen well equipped
! lines ON that river. To-day there is one
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

The Charleston Ne,rs and Courier says
that since Ex-Gov. f. j. Moses has been
pardoned and will presently be released
from imprisonment, Senator John Sher-
man should engage him for travelling
companion in the coming Presidential
campaign. Mr.. Sherman desires. above
all things, to restore the South to the
condition which he endeavored to fix
upon 1t few years ago, and he could
not possibly obtain a more conspicuous
exemplar of the results of his political
system. Senator John Patterson, it is
said, has recently made a most profita-
Die pecuniary venture. Perhaps he
would join the party, and pay the ex-
penses of the illustrious trio. The Two
Johns" with the one Franklin would
form a combination band hard to beat,
and that would draw" like Aunt Jemi-
mas plaster,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
Shells.

The New Orleans Times Democrat adj
vises that city, in repairing and restoring
Its drives, especially its shell roads, to
substitute concrete gravel for the shells
that have been in use there. While no
one has good word for oyster shells as
paving material, the lake shell roads,
it says, are disagreeble in dry weather.
break into ruts and require constant re-
pairing Gravel. it says, costs less than
shells in the long run, as it requires less
repairing.
The city of New Orleans has given
more attention to shell roads than any
other city in the country. The material
which the Times Democrat proposes as a
substitute is found in large quantities at
Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and other
points on the river. 1t is questionable
whether the material could be thought
OF, If it had to be brought by rail instead
of water. But the fact remain that
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
Sickness Atao y the Indians.

The reports of the Indian agents show
that during last year 65,256 Indians re-
quired medical treatment for sickness or
wounds. The majority of them suffered
from diseases Of the eye. and diseases of
tie respiratory organs came next in or
der Over lo-ceo were consu,nptivc and
1000 were treated for disorders of the
digestive oE.5ans. This large showing for
dyspepsia would. no doubt, in an eastern
community. have been uijustly charged
to the account OF civilization and pie. OF
enthet:c diseases Due to immortality there
was little to support the outcry that has
been raised against the Indians. rs less
than e,ce0 were treated for all diseases of
this class. IL il WORTHY of note, also. that
only four Indians Suffered from iuebria-
ton, AMI bat one in $50. eco red men had
the delirium tremens.-Frank Iesiie's.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
Thousands of Unhappy Women.

Women, as rule, are ashamed to let
it be known that they work for money.
To employ them assumes quasi charita-
bic aspect quite detrimental to success,
which very greatly increases the difficult
ties of the position. 1t cannot be too
strongly insisted upon that honest labor,
conscientiously performed, is matter
for pride. and that until all Mandy pamby
ideas to the contrary are swept away it
will be impossible to help women in the
battle of life. There are thousands of
unhappy women who are frnitlessly
looking for the same thing-a comforta-
BILE home, good salary and nothing to do.
London Queen.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

When in the course of human events
it becomes necessary to improve the
health of city some queer things hap
pen. A citizen of Palatka recently
wanted to introduce water into his house,
and procured n permit from the Board of
Health. With it was coupled the provis-
ion that he should use certain amount
of chloride of lime to the lineal foot
When he was through he found that his
bill for the chemical, bought by the
hundred pounds, exceeded the cost of
opening the ditch and filling it in over
the pipe.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
Western Necks Becoming Thinner.

1T is a curious. fact" said the mama
ger of a wholesale furnishing goods house,
THAT the necks of the western people are
gradually growing smaller. Ten years
ago l was in the office of a concern which
made speciality of collars for men. In
stocking up the Chicago house the firm,
whose factory was in the east, had put in
n lot of 13 1-2 collars. For these there
was no sale at all, and the Chicago mama
ger finally wrote to the factory that they
need never more send him any Is 1-2
collars, as the west had no Use for them.
Well, to-day every retail store in town
carries a line of Is I-2 collars, and there
is quite a trade in goods of that number.
Chicago Herald.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
Prisoners' Peculiar Superstition.

The prisoners in the Jail have peculiar
superstition regarding one of the stones in
the Jail floor. 1t is down on the east side,
and in the morning about exercise hour
the sun falls straight upon it. The super
stitious ones believe that when one of the
men charged with murder steps on that
stone it indicates in some way, supposedly
by change of color, whether the man
will be hung or not. / have been in
formed that it's sure sign. and that
the indication has never once been found
to he wrong. The negroes believe that
every man at whose step that stone
changed to dark color .swent out in the
back yard which means that he was
hung.-Jailer in Globe-DemOcrat.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

line. Railroads killed the river bust
ness, and by building up the Western
cities almost throttled the trade of St.
Louis
The Missouri bank of the Mississippi.
almost the entire length of the State. is
one chain of bluffs. The Illinois side.
from Alton to Cairo, is fiat and low, and
between these two towns lies the famous
American bottom. The bottoms vary
from three to SIX miles in width, from
the low bank of the river to the eastern
bluffs, and are 200 miles long, containing
10 900, 600 acres of the most fertile soil
in tine world. The river, especially III
the vicinity of St. Louis, is inclined to
sweep over these acres. and to protect
them great dikes and levees have been
constructed on the eastern bank. Di-
rectly in front of this city was once a ia
nous island, called Bloody Island ON
account of the many fatal duels fought
there. 1t was there Senator Thomas Ill.
Benton killed Charles ID. Lucas, and ex-
Governor Thomas Reynolds, who re-
Gently committed suicide. shot Il. GratZ
Brown. This island was in the center of
the river, and as the current flowed to-
ward the Illinois side. the people of the
city arose one morning. in 1887, and
found sand bar extending from the
Missouri side to the island. and almost
the whole volume of water flowing be-
tween Bloody Island" and Illinois. The
Government was appealed to. and Lieut..
Robert T.. Lee was sent out here in
charge of the works. He constructed
bikes on the Illinois shore and at the
head of Bloody Island" and gradually
turned the water back toward the st.
Louis side until the sand bar was washed
away, and afterward the entire river
was thrown over against the city.
Bloody Island is now portion of the
main land, and the greatest part of
East st. Louis is located on it. Baked
ms this point the river cut into Illinois
below the city. In 1856, Fort Charities
was one mile and a quarter directly east
from the river bank. To-day, the river
runs over the spot where the old fort
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

The Marine Hospital Service has no
demic of yellow fever at any point ex-
cept Key West. If it had sought infor-
nation of the rumor mongers that We're
SO busy last week it would have learned
of yellow fever at number of points.
sion and those of the press proved the
rumor makers to be liars. The Informal
ton received by the Marine Hospital
Service is of the most trustworthy sort,
and it has no interest in suppressing the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
THE DAILY NEWS

THH DAILY NEWS IL published every morn
Ing except Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city, mailed, postage free, ~ for three
months a. for six months, - per annum.
T1n WEEKLY NEWS Is q large four-page 81
column paper, published every Friday, con.
talnns M, Inc ass nv. 80 harssI.v.,1Se
Wcekly paper published in Florida; and will be
mailed postage free, for 81 year, or 30 cents
address.
Local advertisements, 20 cents per line for
first insertion, and 10 cents per line for each
additional Insertion. Special notices, 10 cents
DER line. Reduced rates on continued adver-
tisemenfs.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Special and short-time payable
In advance.
All remttanees should be made by express,
money-order or registered letter.
Address, THE NEWS,
PALATkA FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
Did not the City Council forget

Did not the City Council forget some
thing last Tuesday night? The new
charter provides that the City Council
shall, within fourteen days after
the act becomes law, divide
the city into wards. The act
was signed by the Governor June 3.
The fourteen days expire on the 18th.
The City Council did not divide the city
into wards at its last meeting, and adj
jOurned over for two weeks-that is,
until the 2ist, or four days after the
fourteen days limit shall have expired
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

While Gen. Lee was president of Wash
ington college, q visitor asked how a GER
tain student was getting ON.
He is a quiet, orderly young man,
answered the president, but he seems
very careful not to injure the health Of
his fathers son. He got last month only
forty on his Greek, thirty-five on his
mathematics, forty-seven on his Latin,
and fifty ON his English, which is a very
low standing, as 100 is our maximum
lure their health. but wish them to come
as near it as possible. youths Com
panion.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
Vibrations of EARTHQUAKES.

In a trough sketch of the present
knowledge of earthquakes, Professor G.
III. Darwin says that the vibration OF
severe shocks, even, are very short. One
of a quarter of an inch is sufficient to
shatter brick and stone chimneys. Data
indicate that the initial point of disturb
ance is. as a rule. near the surface of the
earth. ranging from one and a half to
seven miles below. In rare instances this
has been exceIled.-Frank Leshe's.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

James r. Randall, the southern poet
who wrote the stirring war lyric, MARY
land. My Maryland, turns out to have
been inspired by Cupid no less than
Mars. He loved one of the beauties for
which Baltimore is famous while
student at the Georgetown college, just
before the war, and she awakened the
enthusiasm that made him write his I'M
mortal poem q few months Iater--Chi-
caro- Herald.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

"A free ballot, fair count and cor
rect returns" is demanded by the Amer
can people, according to John Sherman,
but Honest John will never be persuaded
that any one of the three can be secured
in any Southern State unless he can
send delegation of his friends to super
intend the count
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

According to Congressman Oats. of
Alabama, Secretary Lamar will proba-
bly, be appointed to the vacant place on
the Supreme Court bench. The Presi-
dent could hardly do better than place
his scholarly Secretary of the Interior in
that position. Mr.. Oats, who had an in
terview with the President, Saturday,
says that he has determined to appoint a
Southern man
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

The Lynchburg Vtrginian wants to
know what is to hinder the two wings of
the Democratic party from Tapping to-
gether" ON a compromise policy for the
reduction of taxation. There is little
reason to be told, except personal spites
and ambitions
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

The Courier-Journdrs special reports
from many counties Indicate that the
tobacco crop of Kentucky. this year, will
not exceed go per cent. of that of last
year. The recent low prices have
caused many Kentucky farmers to
abandon its cultivation.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

An extract from an Ohio paper quoted
in our Crescent City correspondence to-
day shows how the yellow fever was in
troduced into Key West, and how small
a thing began this direful calamity; that
is, if Key West really has yellow fever.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09
PALATKA. FLA, JUNE 9. 1887.

Mr.. Blaine says he is not yet sure who
received the majority of the votes cast
at the last Presidential election. Let
him try it again In 1888 and he will be
left in no doubt Of the peoples choice.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

During the past winter Mrs Mary Miller,
of Hiilsboroush, N. H, fed daily eight gray
squirrels which came to her door from the
woods every morning AMI departed after
having had their breakfast
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-09

For WORKOUT" rundown" debilitated
school teachers, milliners, seamstreeses. house.
keepers, and oveT-worked women generally,
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription 10 the best
but admirably fulfilis q singieness Of purpose,
being q most potent Specific for all thoee
women. 1t 10 q powerful. general as well as
uterine. tonic and nervtne, and fmparts vigor
and strength 70 the whoIe system. II promptly
ing. weak back. nervous prostration, debility
and sleeplessnees. ineithef sex. Favorife Pre-
scription 10 sold by druggists under our post
tire guarantee. See wrapper around bottle
Price 800, or SIX Bottles for $500.
fusely illustrated with colored plates and nu-
merous wood-cufs. sent for 10 cents in stamps
Address, WORLDS DIsPEysARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
SICK HEADACHE, Bilious Headache,
and Constipation. promptly cured by
DIR. Pierce's Pellets. sc. q vial,
by druggists.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-05
WACO PRICE CURRENT.
GENERAL LOCAL MARKET


AtrLr~- Alden piurc--, cyiporued l..sci
So Sliced &C.; bright quarters 81. dn.
HA> 10 Jonbrr- ID mills, -oeiyl -c %
.cvt
GCIrrN- lJH.Or per i'
iiAro> snort clear -uuRcG l0,. niuuk-
a.i hncuu. ii ham>. ~
FFANs-C California, In bags, in3],c, Lima,
100 sacks. qc higher; northern huld- picked, ic.
BNKtNG lowpEis-pr Price, aud kuNiu
brands. -oz.. ~ ~; l2-ol, 20; . a-lh~.. o. jl;
ono spoon, .-ol, ilc; i-ol., zoe; 5000. 90; lib
nlrrNo-lu pap- ooc 81 don, VI. liquid sue,
piuts Toe.
BEF-wAN-TrXus product llul1c O. ib.
BBouMS-SO. 1ucN broom e 49, u do SIS -,
pntIursi, -uns green straw g. 10, IS string
yellow a. DO, string green 3d.? string ytl-
IIIInTNs " Nrttt touurIud umr q tl
uD.tni, u buU, alSl. pIa-icflul luru- 3, lu
| Jon ". GOAT uur,Io pcr bu ,rmrui, Kos
.ui .,i, o. d. p,. hll luui-}il'. $500 Eu-lI-u
I lu1frud ~ ,1. Michigan p.-U.rti-I. WIN
u.. .u--ll ou u.t price.
( cons utuc.mc.. ,uanr
iuNNuEAI..M ultc, hoo -3,ck- oi i@ it-, i..
cruHu m,uI, 1uc.
/ tNhuAGE-t california, 5GH. az, o. ..r .h.
l.AN>En Guuu- Apples, 500 cuu- 81 21 I.I
| l,f.. s.Iluu cuu- 81. h'ucEh,rrID-. .h ,.u.
/ sI.iI -. strawberries. 80 &. au; ,uu-unvrJ.c-.
/ slutI go: ru.l. hcIr,~. -ib e. ,aui -: WHORE
| i,,H,rt.,~, 81 aarl In, corn updr l,u 81 BE-
/ M,-lGl b,Jcr-ry CITY etll.
/ tENtkEES-No. \ De- RI ~, sos y DIVE,
cream soda i,,,gc Excelsior Sc, ginger ,ui,
No.3 y al9c, lennon cream do 'gc, cake 90
cartoons l6L,c.
CoFrtE- Choice rio. Eigc; prime 1c; fair
lose: DiIWorth. 1i.g zee Nriu~H, 81 &C..
GiifF,i badger state, Il}.c
CoNL Oi.-Eupion ia bbls 2Sc r. gal, n 2-i
cans g. To: Brilliant in bbls lNc T. gal, u 2-1
cnIi- g. TO- J gnl cuus. g. H6; gasoline So
CANulrS- Flint, NiSlgc.
| CANnLTS- iunIlc = 10.
CIuEH-Moti'. Gulf hnrrcl' 81 mMi y;
Ibis ST. WtG7 .l Price u Lucus', "a -hbl, RRG,i 20
lll- t11-